Dog eats man: Other cultures, other languages

Our fifth article in Nursery World Magazine's communication and language series has been published. 'Dog eats man' written by Prof Elena Lieven, describes how different language rules and cultural attitudes to how children learn provide some valuable insights for practitioners working with bilingual children.She discusses what's the same across the world and what's different in terms of child-rearing and language learning. Read the full open access article (PDF opens in new window).

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The ESRC International Centre for Language and Communicative Development (LuCiD) is a five year research collaboration working with partners from across the world to transform our understanding of how children learn to communicate with language.

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Kay Woods

I read your article in Nursery World and I thought it was fascinating. I had never thought of the way that language actually moulds the way we think before. Thanks

05 November 2015

LuCiD (Admin)

Thanks Kay! Glad you found the article fascinating. We'll be posting a short film of a talk on this subject onto our website soon, so watch this space.